title: A long adult intussusception secondary to transverse colon cancer.
abstract: The occurrence of adult intussusception arising from colorectal cancer is quite rare. We present the case of a 76-year-old man with sudden abdominal pain and vomiting. Clinical symptoms included severe abdominal distension and tenderness. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed left-sided colocolic intussusception with a lead point. The patient underwent a left hemicolectomy with right transverse colostomy. Pathologic evaluation revealed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma invading the muscularis propria; the regional lymph nodes were negative for cancer cells. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Xie-Qun
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chao-Ji
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Bing-Lu
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003125:Colostomy; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Adult intussusception; Colon cancer; Hemicolectomy; Surgery